Improvement in hoisting-buckets



U NITEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS EATON, oi' the city of Syracuse, in thecounty of Onondaga and State of New York, assignor to myself exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing,which shows the bucket with the bottom open.

A is the body of the bucket, ot' any convenient size, as may be desired.B is the bottom, properly hinged to the body of the bucket. C is a leverarrangement for tripping the bucket and letting the bottom B swing downupon its hinges. This lever arrangement consists of a catch, 7c, withbeveled face, fastened to the bottom of Athe bucket; a pivoted lever andhook, h, which also has a beveled face, corresponding with that of thecatch k, so that the hook will readily engage the catch when moved bythe spring s also, a pivoted lever, l, which operates upon the end ofthe lever h,

TIIoMAs EATON, oF sYEAcUsE, NEw YORK, AssIGNoE 0E ONE-HALE E1s RIGHT ToPATRICK IIALLoEAN, or sAME PLAGE.

'I IMPROVEMENT IN HOlSTING-BUCKETS.

y Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,325, datedJanuary 13,1874; application filed December 18, 1873.

when moved in any ordinary manner. The

result` is, that when the bucket is loaded and carried to the placewhere the dumping is to be made, the pivoted lever lis moved, and thehook disengagcs itself from the catch, and the bottom swings down,letting the loadfall out. To bring the bottom B backto its position', Iuse a pair of coiled metallic or rubber springs, D D, so located, and ofsufficient power, to

readily bring the bottoni up in position, when v it is again secured bythe hook-and catch, and is ready to be again loaded.

What I claim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the body A, levers l h, and springs s with the hingedbottom B, having catch k, substantially as and for the purpose setforth. v

nf THoMAs xs EATON.

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Witnesses C. W. SMITH, D. C. MARKHAM.

